Reply To: Collab2021 – WIP – jakeblended

@theluthier  I see – interesting!  Yes I think that will definitely be worth a shot.  I had already been looking at some textures for these types of walls, just to see what they ought to end up looking like (in a general sense); I found these examples:

At first I thought the damage – areas where there are chunks of missing plaster – would make for interesting details to sculpt; but then it occurred to me that these are very old buildings in various states of preservation; we’re making a building that’s lived-in and set in its own time (presumably), so it would in theory be maintained and wouldn’t be showing these kinds of damage.

But ignoring the damaged areas, you can see that there is definitely a surface texture to this kind of mud or plaster wall cladding, and I think you’re spot on – it looks like exactly the kind of thing that can benefit from a trimsheet with a seamless texture.  

The fun part is….I don’t know how to make a trimsheet.  Maybe it’s a little embarrassing, but I don’t think I’ve even heard the term very often or at all, before I started hearing some of my fellow collaborators talking about them in relation to this project – ha!  Luckily for me, Lampel’s brand new Texturing course contains a lesson on making trimsheets, so I’ll avail myself of that.   Once again, things were learned.  Or shall be, at least!

Thanks also for combining the wall-beams.  Those shouldn’t take too long to block out, and then once I finish a little finer detail on my walls I’ll get started on the sculpting and we can see where this goes.